Razvoj komunikacijskih i timskih elemenata kompetencija za upravljanje projektima u virtualnom okruženju

Given that in today’s business environment, an increasing number of organizations base their business on temporary forms of work such as projects, with the aim of achieving greater flex-ibility and better responses to impulses coming from the market, consequently the demand for competent individuals, who not only have knowledge of the appropriate tools they can use, but also the skills and abilities to deal with the challenges and problems that such a way of working brings is also growing. Moreover, the recent situation and the transition from a physi-cal to a virtual business environment put additional emphasis on the work of virtual project teams, which on the one hand can use new technologies to communicate and manage project progress to work smoothly regardless of where they are at the moment, while on the other hand, they face a completely new dynamic of work, relationships and cooperation among team members. Therefore, significant attention should be paid to project management, as well as the development of necessary competencies in individuals during formal education, and young people should be prepared for the labor market at the latest during their studies by changing the focus from learning significant amounts of data to simulating real situations to thrive in a safe environment without fear of error and to learn from their own experience. This paper examines the perception of the contribution of formal teaching in a virtual environment to the development of communication and team project management competence elements, as well as the challenges they faced in order to form a quality basis for improving the approach to education of students in the field in the period that follows.